Name: A Letter from Slowboat
Brand: Ryo Fukui

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ALIVE AG

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Release date

2020-09-18

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412084

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Ryo Fukui

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Jazz

Ryo Fukui was a Japanese jazz pianist based in Sapporo. He began teaching himself the piano in 1970 and released his first album, Scenery, six years later. Over the years, he honed his skills through live performances at various jazz clubs. His third album, My Favorite Tune, recorded in 1994 and released in 1995, is now considered rare. In New York followed four years later as a trio with Leroy Williams on drums and Lisle Arthur Atkinson on bass. A Letter from Slowboat is a live album from his time at the "Slowboat" jazz club.

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Official reissue of Ryo Fukui’s final album, the very personal contemporary jazz offering, A Letter from Slowboat, sourced from the original masters and available onKnown for his miraculous albums Scenery (1976) and Mellow Dream (1977), legendary Hokkaido pianist Ryo Fukui, with the help of his wife Yasuko, opened his very own jazz club in Sapporo in 1995, Slowboat. This is where Ryo Fukui spent the latter half of his career, playing again and again, welcoming peers for unforgettable sessions, and perfecting the craft he lived for: jazz.A Letter from Slowboat is a poetic, soulful, and honest love letter to Hokkaido, to Fukui’s jazz club, and to endless hours of practicing artistry in a place called home. Backed by longtime collaborators Takumi Awaya on bass, and Ittetsu Takemura on drums, Ryo Fukui flows through classics and originals with natural class, fluidity and absolute precision, expressing a smooth balance between skills and heart. Slowboat, full of breathtaking solos and exquisite moments of clarity, is another crucial piece in the career of one of the most fascinating jazzmen to ever grace the piano. It was released in 2016, sadly the year Ryo Fukui passed away, leaving behind a legacy of works that is sure to captivate jazz lovers for generations to come, and Slowboat, where the magic still happens to this day.

A Letter from Slowboat

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